John,
The
guys who ceramic coated my headers also do manifolds, exhaust systems and told
me just about anything. They had the Stainless Steel look as well as a black
coating. Their prep tank was a large vibrating tank filled with plastic( I
think) beads. The display items the had in the office looked very
good.
just a
thought.
Rich
-----Original Message-----Hey John,
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of K. Kaya
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 10:51 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Chevelle-List] Bead blasting
Found this info on the Corvette resto list I belong to...comes from John Hinkley who is very well respected in the Corvette resto world...
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I haven't found any clear sprays that won't yellow with the kind of heat an
intake manifold sees. Rather than bead-blasting, I have my intakes (and all
other aluminum parts) "re-skinned", which both cleans them and restores the
original appearance without changing the surface texture; they clean up with
brake cleaner on a rag.
Try this link to see an example of "re-skinned" aluminum parts on my '69 Z/28:
http://www.corvetteforum.net/classics/johnz/Znoaclcarb.JPG
There are only two places in the country to get this done, as far as I
know; I have my stuff done by Jerry MacNeish (www.z28camaro.com) in
Eldersburg, Maryland - check his website for all the first-class work they do.
The other place is Don Dorfman (used to own ASL, started a similar
business a while ago, has sold it but is still working with the new owner) -
Don's e-mail is [EMAIL PROTECTED], shop is in Tacoma, Washington.
John Hinckley
'57 270
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on 1/10/03 6:12 AM, malibuSS at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi...
I am in the process of cleaning things up under the hood of my 66 and am wondering which way to go with my GM aluminum intake manifold.Does anyone know if the best thing to do is to get it sandblasted or beadblasted??? Or is there any other method that works better. I would like it to come out as new looking as possible.
Thanx John
